Perea to Play in 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

CHICAGO, ILL. – Former Syracuse midfielder Nico Perea will represent the United States at the 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup from Feb. 15-25 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Perea was named to the 12-player squad by U.S. Men's Beach Soccer National Team head coach Francis Farberoff on Wednesday. Perea and the 2023 team won the Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship last May, earning the qualification for the World Cup.

"We are very proud of Nico to be selected to represent the United States at the 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup," said Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre. "He has had a tremendous beach soccer career, and we wish him and Team USA the best of luck."

Perea is a two-time winner of U.S. Soccer's Male Beach Player of the Year Award (2021 and 2022) and has appeared in 35 games, scoring 19 goals for the USMNT. Perea will appear in his second World Cup.

About the U.S. Men's Beach Soccer National Team
The USA has qualified for seven of the 12 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups, including the last three tournaments. The team claimed its third Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship in 2023 and posted an 11-3-0 record last year, the squad's most successful campaign since U.S. Soccer began overseeing Beach Soccer in 2005.

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Perea to Play in 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Players Mentioned

Nick Perea

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